Wis. Stat. § 801.11(1)(c) allows a plaintiff to resort to service by publication when, through efforts that amount to “reasonable diligence,” he has been unable to serve the defendant in person.
The Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Cunningham v. Montes, No.View Full Post

This article was originally posted on the “State Bar of Wisconsin’s Business Law Section Blog,” and was written by Attorney James Phillips.
The passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act brings significant changes to the structure, financing, and agreements in mergers and acquisitions transactions.View Full Post

We do a lot of non-profit work. Oftentimes, we are working with new startups that are driven by strong social motivation, but to form and survive need investment capital. This puts us at a crossroad: do we go non-profit and non-stock or conventional corporation? View Full Post

The federal supplemental jurisdiction statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1367, allows a litigant with a federal claim to bring into federal court with it any state claims that are so related to the federal claim that they “form part of the same case or controversy under Article III of the United States Constitution.” Thus, a plaintiff seeking damages under 42 U.S.C. View Full Post

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This article was originally posted on the “State Bar of Wisconsin’s Business Law Section Blog.”
The first five rounds of the scheduled seven rounds of the modernization and renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”) has drawn to a close. View Full Post

This article was originally posted on the “State Bar of Wisconsin’s Business Law Section Blog,” and was written by Attorney Lindsay M. Fedler.
Many people believe most capital is raised by companies (“Issuers”) making initial public offerings or trading on major exchanges such as the NYSE or NASDAQ. View Full Post

Sometimes keeping a corporation going serves no useful purpose. If you have such a corporation, here are some useful steps to consider.
Typical corporate terminations involve both a “liquidation,” the act of converting all corporate assets to cash, paying all outstanding bills, and distributing the remaining cash to the shareholders in exchange for their stock, and a “dissolution,” the legal steps necessary to end the corporation’s existence. View Full Post

The Senate yesterday confirmed the nomination of Professor Amy Coney Barrett of the Notre Dame University Law School to the vacant Indiana seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Her appointment makes her the first judge to join the court in eight years, since Judge David F. View Full Post